Renewable power supplied 38% of all EU electricity in 2020, surpassing fossil electricity for the first time!
https://twitter.com/EmberClimate/status/1353624714397306881
This was driven by the continued growth of wind and solar, now supplying 20% of all EU electricity. The dip in electricity demand due to the corona crisis (4% for the year as a whole) had a modest effect.
https://twitter.com/emberclimate/status/1353624725600296962
The growth of renewable electricity was a major factor in the decline of coal-fired power generation in the EU, to only 13% of the total in 2020.
This development was helped by the higher EU-ETS CO2 price (now €34 = $41 per tonne).
This development was helped by the higher EU-ETS CO2 price (now €34 = $41 per tonne).
https://twitter.com/emberclimate/status/1353624738300653568
The result of all of this: average CO2 emissions of an EU kWh dropped by 29% in 5 years! (And my home country the Netherlands, although still behind, even saw it drop by 40%)
Your electric car/bicycle is driving/riding cleaner every year.
Your electric car/bicycle is driving/riding cleaner every year.
https://twitter.com/EmberClimate/status/1353624766326984704
Thanks @EmberClimate and @AgoraEW; great and timely overview!
By the way, this graph also shows that Polish electricity now emits 0.5 kg of CO2 per kWh more than the EU average. That’s 0.5 tonne per MWh, leading to an extra CO2 cost of €17/MWh in its wholesale electricity market. Strong driver for a switch from coal to renewables there. 
CO2 emissions for a km driven with an electric car (takes 0.15-0.20 kWh) in the EU now range from 2-3 g in Sweden to 109-145 g in Poland. Average: 34-45 g; not bad compared to 150-200 g for a fossil fuel car.
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